Communication & Media Studies at University of Northern Iowa

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what University of Northern Iowa has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and has a total student population of 9,507. Of the 2,555 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Northern Iowa in 2021, 60 of them were communication and media studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UNI Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

UNI Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UNI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at UNI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in communications from UNI. This makes it the #240 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UNI Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNI is $35,882. This is 11% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UNI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of Northern Iowa.

UNI Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNI, about 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UNI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	48
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNI Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UNI in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Northern Iowa with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNI also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for University of Northern Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Editors	940	$51,480
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870
Communications Professors	480	$88,340

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Feddacheenee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.